Costanza Tacoli
Project B2-1: Evidence for Plasmodium falciparum artemisinin resistance in sub-Saharan Africa based on molecular markers and in vitro and in vivo findings
Oxford University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Lewycka lab
Oxford University Hanoi, Vietnam
Member: June 2015 - November 2019
Research interest
Plasmodium falciparum drug susceptibility analysed by in-vitro, ex-vivo assays, molecular biology
Title of PhD project
Reduced susceptibility to antimalarial drugs in Plasmodium spp
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Frank P. Mockenhaupt
Wedam J, Tacoli C, Gai PP, Siegert K, Kulkarni SS, Rasalkar R, Boloor A, Jain A, Mahabala C, Baliga S, Shenoy D, Devi R, Gai P, Mockenhaupt FP (2018)
Molecular evidence for Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine but absence of K13 mutations in Mangaluru, southwestern India.
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 99:1508-1510
doi:10.4269/ajtmh.18-0549
Esu E, Tacoli C, Gai P, Berens-Riha N, Pritsch M, Loescher T, Meremikwu M. Prevalence of the Pfdhfr and Pfdhps mutations among asymptomatic pregnant women in Southeast Nigeria. (2018)
Parasitol Res. 117:801-7
doi: 10.1007/s00436-018-5754-5.
Tacoli C, Gai PP, Bayingana C, Sifft K, Geus D, Ndoli J, Sendegeya A, Gahutu JB, Mockenhaupt FP. (2016)
Artemisinin resistance-associated K13 polymorphisms of Plasmodium falciparum in Southern Rwanda, 2010-2015.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 95(5):1090-1093.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0483
